Its plasticity is a danger as well as an advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Movies and TV: Murder or Merger?] Reference
Short-term plasticity is defined as any feed-forward (bottom-up) or feedback. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
On a functional level we distinguish short-term plasticity and long-term plasticity. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Suzan Mazur: Epigenetics has actually been tucked under the umbrella term plasticity in the extended synthesis. From Wordnik.com. [Darwiniana] Reference
Surprisingly, we find that in these mutant mice, three different forms of presynaptic PKA-dependent long-term plasticity are normal. From Wordnik.com. [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue] Reference
From this the latter acquires a certain plasticity, it gives the body and its constituent parts the necessary stability and is ever ready. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1932 - Presentation Speech] Reference
This fundamental property of synaptic behaviour is known as short-term plasticity, which is related to a neural network's ability to learn. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction in the News] Reference
There is much evidence that short-term plasticity of the hierarchically organized parallel auditory system supports perceptual long-term training. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Your previous claim of "reduced morphological plasticity" is not supported and you have been provided many examples of recent evolutionary change. From Wordnik.com. [Behe: ID rescues Common Descent] Reference
Their study, entitled "Long-term plasticity of excitatory inputs to granule cells in the rat olfactory bulb" will be published in the June 2009 issue of. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
Figure 33 presents the beginning of what I propose to call plasticity curves. From Wordnik.com. [The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior] Reference
These adaptations, known as short-term plasticity, happen within milliseconds. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
Is it children’s natural talent for mimicry, or a higher level of brain plasticity, or something else?. From Wordnik.com. [P is for Pronunciation « An A-Z of ELT] Reference
The brain clearly does re-wire itself, it's called plasticity, so it actually is able to respond in different ways. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference
This trait, called plasticity, helps animals alter their behavior in the short term until inherited behavior takes over. From Wordnik.com. [EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Reference
The answer lies in a concept called plasticity, which refers to the brain's ability to adapt to the tasks it is asked to do. From Wordnik.com. [American Profile] Reference
And because we now know that the brain has plasticity, meaning it can change and grow, we should look to adapt when we can. From Wordnik.com. [Men and Women Think Differently - This is Good] Reference
New insights into the brain's ability to rearrange itself, or "plasticity," offer hope for fighting senility, Alzheimer's and old age. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report: InnovationInnovation] Reference
At issue is the brain's "plasticity," or ability to change itself as it learns. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
Scientists create new period of brain 'plasticity' with transplanted embryonic cells. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
(2000) Dual MAP kinase pathways mediate opposing forms of long-term plasticity at CA3-CA1 synapses. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Subjects such as plasticity, fracture, composite materials, energy approaches and mechanics of microdevices. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Its usefulness is immediately apparent in any more advanced theory such as plasticity, fracture, fatigue, etc. From Wordnik.com. [iMechanica - Comments] Reference
One of the things she will measuring is the "plasticity" of the autism, spinal cord injuries, diseases affecting the central. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
Roberts said they were expecting to find higher "plasticity," the brain's ability to remodel connections in response to learning or injury. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
"plasticity," or capacity for change, in the neural circuitry of the visual cortex of juvenile mice. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
And yet you also have to acknowledge that plasticity, that impermanence. From Wordnik.com. [The Story Of Jazz] Reference
Is it not meet that we, who still retain the plasticity of youth, make advances?. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
This particular and important feature of childhood is what experts call plasticity. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: 'Kid Whispering': Keeping Children Safe With Verbal First Aid] Reference
Few men have exhibited a greater plasticity of intellect, a greater affluence of mental resources. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
The brain's plasticity — it's ability to change in response to different stimuli — is well known. From Wordnik.com. [Reading This Will Change Your Brain] Reference
Research on language has shown how "neuroplastic" an infant's brain is, and how that plasticity lessens with age. From Wordnik.com. [How To Build A Baby's Brain] Reference
These results alone wouldn't indicate brain plasticity; the gamers might simply have had better inherent visual skills. From Wordnik.com. [Too Much Information?] Reference
He believed in saltatory evolution, in polyphyletic descent, and in the greater plasticity of the organism in earlier times. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
Speaking to the boys of Upper Canada College, he drew from his pocket a piece of putty to illustrate the plasticity of character. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
In brain neurons, microtubules are the structural scaffolding, organizing movement, transport, neuronal growth and synaptic plasticity. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: Can Science Explain the Soul?] Reference
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